Thanksgiving and Prayers in Prostration
Printed pages 56–60 · the rites between dismissal and the prayers after Mass
Let the obedient performance of my bounden duty be pleasing unto thee, O Holy Trinity, and grant that this sacrifice, which I unworthy have offered in the presence of thy majesty, may be acceptable unto thee, and through thy mercy may be a propitiation for myself, and for all for whom I have offered it. Who livest and reignest God world without end. Amen.
This Collect ended, the priest shall raise himself, and, making the sign of the cross on his face, shall say:
In the name of the Father etc.
And so, after making an inclination the clergy shall retire, with the candlebearers and the other ministers, in the same order, and so vested, as they approached the altar at the beginning of mass.
And immediately after “Thanks be to God,” None shall be said in the quire, when it is said after mass.
While returning from the altar, the priest shall say the Gospel, In the beginning etc.
Thanksgiving after Mass.
When the priest has put off his chasuble and his other sacerdotal vestments, he shall say the following Psalms, with the Anthem “Let us sing” etc.
Psalm. O ye priests of the Lord, etc.,
as far as to the end of the Canticle.
Psalm. O praise God in his holiness, etc.
Psalm. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant etc., with Glory be to the Father, etc. and As it was in the beginning, etc.
1 St. John i. 1–14. 2 Song of the Three Children, 62–66. 3 Psalm cl. 4 St. Luke ii. 29–32.
Warren, Part I, printed p. 57 · open scanThen the whole anthem is repeated.
Let us sing the song of the three children, which they sang in the furnace of fire as a thanksgiving unto the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Our Father etc.
V. And lead us not into temptation.
R. But deliver us from evil.
V. Let us praise the Father, and the Son, with the Holy Ghost.
R. Let us praise and magnify him for ever.
V. Blessed art thou, O Lord, in the firmament of heaven; and to be praised and glorified for ever.
R. May the Holy Trinity bless and keep us. Amen.
V. Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord.
R. For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
V. Turn us, O Lord God of hosts.
R. And shew the light of thy countenance, and we shall be whole.
V. Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my crying come unto thee.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Collect.
O God, who for the three children didst assuage the flames of fire, mercifully grant that we thy servants may not be consumed by the flame of our sins.
Collect.
Kindle our reins and our hearts, O Lord, with the fire of the Holy Ghost, that we may serve thee with a chaste body, and please thee with a clean heart.
1 Warren notes that the versicle and response are not separated in the Latin text; their non-separation is probably accidental.
Warren, Part I, printed p. 58 · open scanCollect.
Prevent us, O Lord, we beseech thee, in all our doings with thy favour, and further us with thy help, that all our works may be begun, continued, and ended in thee.
These three Collects are all to be concluded thus:
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Prayers in Prostration.
Be it known that at every ferial mass, prostration is to be made by the whole quire directly after the “Sanctus” up to “The peace of the Lord,” throughout the whole year except from Easter to the first Sunday after Trinity.
Note, that from the second Sunday after the Epiphany up to Maundy Thursday, and from the first Sunday after Trinity to Christmas Eve the following prayers are said at mass only on ferial days and on feasts of three lessons without ruling of the quire, and on octaves, and within octaves when the quire is not ruled. And they are said after “For ever and ever” and “Our Father etc.” between “For ever and ever” and “The peace of the Lord etc.” After the priest has said “For ever and ever” and the quire has responded “Amen,” the Prayers in prostration shall be immediately begun by the quire in this manner.
Psalm.
O God, the heathen are come into thy inheritance, with Glory be to the Father, etc.
Psalm.
God be merciful unto us, and bless us, with Glory be to the Father, etc.
1 Warren calls the first prayer “Deus Omnium,” from the opening words of the first Respond after the first Lesson in the first Nocturn at Matins; he notes that the rubric may throw light upon the duration of Easter-tide. 2 The second is called “Domine ne in ira” for the same reason. 3 Psalm lxxix. 4 Psalm lxvii.
Warren, Part I, printed p. 59 · open scanPsalm.
The king shall rejoice in thy strength, O Lord, etc., with Glory be to the Father, etc.
Anthem.
Thine is the power, thine the kingdom, O Lord; thou art above all nations; give peace, O Lord, in our time.
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Our Father, etc.
All the above are said without inflection of voice both by the clerics in the quire, and by the priest with his ministers.
V. And lead us not into temptation.
R. But deliver us from evil.
V. Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered.
R. Let them also that hate him flee before him.
V. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us.
R. But unto thy name give the praise.
V. Let us pray for those in affliction and captivity.
R. Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
V. Send unto them, O Lord, help from the holy place.
R. And defend them out of Sion.
V. Be unto them, O Lord, a strong tower.
R. From the face of their enemy.
V. O Lord, save the king.
R. And hear us in the day in which we call upon thee.
V. Lord, hear my prayer.
R. And let my crying come unto thee.
1 Psalm xxi. 2 Psalm lxviii. 1. 3 Psalm cxv. 1. 4 The wording is also found in the Deacons' Litany and the Liturgy of St. Chrysostom. 5 Psalm xx. 2. 6 Psalm lxi. 3. 7 Psalm xx. 9. 8 Psalm xx. 9 (Vulg.). 9 Psalm cii. 1.
Warren, Part I, printed p. 60 · open scanV. The Lord be with you.
R. And with thy spirit.
Let us pray.
Collect.
O God, who in thy wonderful providence orderest all things, we humbly beseech thee that thou wouldest restore back to Christian worship, out of the hands of the enemies of the cross of Christ, the land which thy Only-begotten Son consecrated with his own blood; mercifully directing the prayers of the faithful who plead for its liberation into the way of eternal peace. [Through etc.]
Collect.
Guide, we beseech thee, O Lord, thy servant our bishop, and through the intercession of the blessed mother of God, the ever virgin Mary, and that of all thy saints, multiply the gifts of thy grace in him, that he may be delivered from all offences, and that being not without thy help in this world, he may rejoice in the ordinances of life everlasting. [Through etc.]
Collect.
Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, unto thy servant our king health both of mind and body; that by ministering in good works he may ever deserve to be defended by thy strong protection. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
Then shall follow:
The peace of the Lord be with you always.
1 “Pontificem nostrum,” evidently the bishop of the diocese. 2 Warren notes that the various musical intonations for Ite missa est, Benedicamus Domino, and Requiescant in pace are not reproduced here.